Rail-fastener.



"1. S. BEAN.

HAH.' FASTENER. APPLICATION HLED MAYI. |915.

Patnted Aug. 10, `1915.

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JOSEPH s; BEAN, orsi-ramon, VERMONT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915'.

Applcationled May l, 1915. Serial No. 25,195. l

novel means for attaching rails to cross ties of tracks, whereby the said rails may be se Y curely held in place so long as the fastenings iet are intact, the saidfastenings being readily detachable for the purpose of dismantling the track or for removing rails to renew those which become impaired through use or accident. y

A further object of this invention is'to provide a rail having a tapered bodyv and corrugated or roughened head or treadisurface designed to increase the frictional` contact between the wheels of the car and the rails, the said taper of the rails extending from the base to the head so that the base is relatively wider than the-head and produces a rm bearing on the cross ties.

7With the foregoing and other obgects'in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. In' describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichn Figure 1 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of a rail with a coupler applied to one end thereof; Fig. 2 illustrates a top plan view of a fragment of the rail; Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 illustrates a sectionalview on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 illustrates a perspective view of a coupling block.

In these drawings 7 denotes a fragment of a rail, 8 a fragment of an adjacent rail, each of which has a recess in its base, the rail 7 having a recess 9 and the rail 8 having a recess 10, the said recesses being iiared in width from the ends of the rails to the ends of the recesses and the walls of the recesses being tapered or inclined toward each other from the bases to the upper walls of the recesses. rllhe upperwalls of the recesses are furthermore, each provided with a cavity 11 for the reception of a head of a bolt or the nut of a bolt, the bolt 12 tting in each cavity extending through a coupling block 13 and the cross tie 14. f

The coupling block 13 employed in this connection consists of a block of ay configura-y tion to lit within the recesses in the ends of the rails and obviously the said blocks mustV be of flared configuration from their centers to their ends and must be tapered .from their bases to their tops so that they will, as stated, lit within the recesses inthe ends of the rails.

The coupling block 13 has vertically dis- A posed apertures 15 andv transversely disposed apertures 16, the former of which are adapted to receive the bolts 12, whereas the latter are provided for'the reception of the cross bolts 17, which cross bolts extend through apertures 18 and 19 in the sides of the rail.

From an'inspection of the drawings, Ait will be seen that when the coupling blocks are secured to the cross ties by the bolts 12, rails having'recesses in their ends may be applied to the coupling yblock and Awhen the transversely disposed bolts 17 are inserted through the rails and coupling blocks, the parts are in such assembled relation as to withstand unusual wear and owing to the factthat the fastenings for the coupling blocks are under the rails, the cross ties where they are penetrated by the bolts are protected from the weather and rapid deterioration of the cross ties is prevented.

As a means for preventing spreading of fails and to aid in the anchorage thereof, each rail may be provided with a recess intermediate its length, such recess being identilied by the numeral 20. Thesaid recess is provided for the reception of a securing block 21, which securing block is attached to a cross tie by a bolt 22 and as a means for anchoring the rail to the block, a cross bolt 23 is inserted in a transversely disposed aperture 24 of the anchoring block and in apertures 25 in the sides of the rail so that the anchoring block taking the place of the As Will'be seen from an inspection oli' Fig. 2, the tread surface of the rail is provided with diagonally disposed corrugations 26, the said corrugations extending across the surface at dierent angles so that they intersect and produce diamond shaped tread surfaces of such roughened character as to insure traction between the Wheels and the surfaces of the rails.

I claini- Y 1. In a railway track, rails having upwardly tapered bodies and corrugated tread surfaces, said rails having recesses in their bases at their ends, the upper Walls of the recesses having cavities therein, a coupling block, means for securing the coupling block to a cross tie including bolts having their ends restinglin the cavities of the rails, said coupling blocks lying in the recesses at the ends of the rails and transversely disposed securing devices extending through the coupling block and rails.

2. ln a railway track, `rails having upwardly tapered bodies and corrugated tread surfaces, said rails having recesses in their bases at their ends and intermediate their lengths, the upper Walls of the recesses having cavities therein, a coupling block, means for securing the coupling block to a cross tie` including bolts having their ends resting in the cavities'of the rails, said coupling blocks lying in the recesses at the ends of the rails, transversely vdisposed securing devices eX- tendin'g. through the coupling block and rails, anchoring bloeks,1neans for securing the anchoring blocks to the cross ties, and

cesses-at their bases at their ends and intermediate their lengths, the upper Walls of the recesses having cavities therein, a coupling block, means for securing the coupling block to a cross tie, including bolts having their ends resting in the cavitiesoi'rI the rails, said coupling blocks lying in the recesses at the ends of the rails, transversely disposed securing ccvices, extending through the coupling block and rails, anchoring blocks, means for securing the anchoring blocks to the cross ties, and transversely disposed members for securing the rail tothe anchoring blocks.

4,. In a railway track, rails having upwardly tapered bodies, said rails having recesses in their bases at their ends, the upper Walls of the recesses having cavities therein, a coupling block, means for securing the coupling block to a cross tie including bolts having their ends resting in the cavities oi the rails, said coupling blocks lying in the recesses at the ends of the rails and transversely disposed securing devices extending through the coupling block and rails.

1n testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

l/Vitnesses: V

C. E. VVrLcoX, C. N. SNOW.

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` Washington, D. C,

c JOSEPH s. BEAN. l

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